because hady won, i am 500....richer


just for fun, i placed a bet with the same friend who lost some money to me last year. if winning was to be based on talent, look and personality i would have picked jonathan leong to win the singapore idol 2006 title. but because the winner was to be decided by viewers and supporters' votes, i made hady mirza my choice.

hady had the strong support of his own community. jonathan had his own league of supporters and fans but, i believe, they were not as fanatical as hady's. whereas each of hady's supporters would have cast 20 votes, each of jonathan's might have cast just 2 or 3 votes.

i did not follow this series as closely as i had followed the first singapore idol contest. the reason is that my daughter's interest in the show has waned. in fact, we watched only the beginning - the first audition - and the end, the grand final. all those in between, we skipped.

last year, i voted for taufiq. i think i endorsed my support for him 9 or 10 times by calling the telephone number. i had wanted taufiq to win because i did not like what i saw in sly.

anyway, i am richer by 500...cents, thanks to hady.